Round Six
Vipera Magnifica (2/3 left)
Orestes ♂ @ Lucky Egg, Sticky Barb
Ability: Guts
Health: 73%
Energy: 91%
Status: Grumbling to himself. Things are just not going his way today.
Eta Carinae (2/3 left)
Rahel ♀ @ Life Orb, Sticky Barb
Ability: Overcoat
Health: 73%
Energy: 86%
Status: Poking pointlessly at her barb with her beak.
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Boop boop boop...
How lucky! Orestes grins at his trainer as he feels an encouraging wind at his back, and Vipera Magnifica gives him a thumbs up.
Woah, step aside, Orestes, because Rahel over here has just landed the
JACKPOT. The slot machine's stomach opens up to fire a spray of coins toward Rahel. The Bellossom Bucks™ shower over the bedazzled Vullaby, leaving bruises in several places, but Rahel doesn't care. She's bringing home the big bucks, baby!
Orestes rolls his eyes, a dark aura surrounding him as he begins to hurl insults at his foe. Doesn't she know the Bellossom Bucks™ don't mean anything outside of the casino? They're totally worthless. Just like Rahel herself. So there! (Inwardly, Orestes is quite jealous at his opponent's good fortune, but he would never admit to such a thing.) Worthless Rahel's feathers bristle indignantly. What does Orestes know?! Rahel's going to become rich off these Bellossom Bucks™, and then Orestes will be here asking her for handouts! And she won't give them, for Orestes has dared to doubt her! Oh, she's gonna rough him up good, good thing her trainer commanded... say what?! Swagger? Nasty Plot? Rahel refuses. Instead she leaps at her opponent with a furious cry, beating upon him with her wings and talons in a nice, old-fashioned beatdown.
And then Orestes picks up a random rock that's bounced over from the garden and flings it hard at one of Rahel's wings. The Vullaby screeches in shock and falls off her opponent immediately, turning to tend to the injured wing that hangs limply at her side. Gingerly she attempts a small flutter, and hisses at the pain that rushes through the joint. Guess she's not making any aerial escapes any time soon. Glaring over at her opponent, Rahel instead satisfies herself by ROASTING HIM WITH HER THOUGHTS. A pulse of pure hatred is emitted from her eyes, and Orestes falls over backwards as the force of it knocks him right over.
Unfortunately for Rahel, Orestes lands on the ground pretty hard. So hard, in fact, that the roulette wheel starts shaking uncontrollably. Roulette balls roll about randomly, and Rahel trips as the shockwaves ripple beneath her feet. One of the steel balls narrowly misses her beak, and as tremors continue to run through the wheel, she's thrown up and slammed down into the ground, over and over again. The shaking finally fades, leaving the roulette wheel noticeably worse for the wear, as Rahel slowly pushes herself to her feet. She sends off another quick pulse of dark energy, and Orestes recoils in disgust as her hateful thoughts worm their way into his brain. Satisfied, Rahel takes a deep breath and then turns away from Orestes with a huff.
With a low groan, the damaged roulette wheel starts up again, and a ball falls heavily into a black pocket. Clearly Rahel isn't so lucky now, and Orestes smirks as he feels a bit of strength restored to him.
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Vipera Magnifica (2/3 left)
Orestes ♂ @ Lucky Egg, Sticky Barb
Ability: Guts
Health: 38%
Energy: 79%
Status: Bruised but satisfied. Backed by a Tailwind (1 more action).
Used: Taunt ~ Smack Down ~ Earthquake
Eta Carinae (2/3 left)
Rahel ♀ @ Life Orb, Sticky Barb
Ability: Overcoat
Health: 33%
Energy: 74%
Status: Breathing deeply, attempting to calm down. Smacked down.
Used: Struggle ~ Dark Pulse ~ Dark Pulse
Arena Status
Damage and Energy
- Orestes's Health: 73% - 8% (Struggle) - 3% (Sticky Barb 1) - 13% (Dark Pulse) - 13% (Dark Pulse) - 3% (barbs) + 5% (roulette) = 38%
- Orestes's Energy: 91% - 4% (Taunt) - 3% (Smack Down) - 5% (Earthquake) = 79%
- Rahel's Health: 73% - 4% (Pay Day) - 2% (Struggle) - 3% (Sticky Barb 2) - 9% (Smack Down) - 12% (Earthquake) - 3% (barbs) - 2% (Life Orb) - 5% (roulette) = 33%
- Rahel's Energy: 86% - 4% (Struggle) - 4% (Dark Pulse) - 4% (Dark Pulse)= 74%
Notes
- Speed order: Orestes (82) > Rahel (60).
- Rahel used Struggle on the first action, as she wasn't given any damaging commands. This caused both Pokémon to exchange barbs.
- Since Earthquake shook up the roulette wheel a ton, I arbitrarily gave each Pokémon a 20% chance of being hit by a rogue roulette ball for 40 BP Steel-type damage. It didn't happen for either Pokémon this time, though Orestes was pretty close.
- Rahel's Taunt wore off at the end of the round.
- The roulette landed on black this time, restoring 5% health to Orestes and taking 5% health from Rahel. I've long since run out of ways to write this part.
- Vipera Magnifica commands first.